Engraver&#39;s spoon-holder.



P. w. cnecmsn. I ENGBAVERS SPOON HOLDER.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25,1908

900,148. Patented 0015.6,1908.

v v 6' Y V fiz'zzzewsai ,Ziaeretor FRED W. oRooKER, OF NORTHBALTIMORE,onro.

ENeRAvERs SPOON-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1908,

Application filedil 'anuary 25, 1908." 1 Serial No. 412,608.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED W. ORocKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Baltimore, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Engravers Spoon-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of special clamps for holdingarticles during hand engraving, and pertains especially to a rest orholder for the bowl of spoons while being engraved. 7

The object of the invention is to rovide a spoon holder of such novelandpecu iar character that the holder may fit the usual or any blockordinarily used by engravers having apertures therein, and capable ofvarious adjustments on the block according to the size and sha e of thespoon to be engraved.

A furt er object of the invention is to provide a spoon holder forengravers having the jaw-plates thereof undercut so as to form a solidrest for the thumb of the engraver,and for the purpose of facilitatingthe adjustment of said jaws to various angles or positions according tothe character and size of the article to be engraved. V

A still further obj ectof the invention is to 1 provide, in an engraversclamp or workolder, a pair of semi-circular plates each having integraljaws rovided with luneshaped concavity joint y forming a spoonbowl seator rest, having a. retaining lip projecting from the top edge of saidconcavities.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pair of jawseach having a concavity and adapted (when used together) to form'a spoonrest or holder, and each having a slot parallel with a right-lined faceof the jaws, and a series of pegs orpins adapted to fit engravers blockshaving a ertures, said pegs having heads to fit the said slots.

Various other objects, advantages and improved results are attainable inthe practical a plication of the invention, while its simicity ofconstruction and operation will be hereinafter fully shown.

In the accom anying drawings forming part of this app ication: Figure 1is a per. spective view showing the application of the invention toanordinary engravers block. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one jaw ofthe holder. Flg. 3 is a cross section of one of the V jaws through oneof the peg-heads. Fig. 4

is a perspective view of one of the holder egs. p The same referencenumerals denote the same parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

An ordinary engravers divided block 1, having the usual clamping screw2, and caps 3, provided with holes or apertures 4 in the top facethereof, is preferably used.

It is to equip the caps 3 with special jaws for holding and clampingspoons for en- 7 gravers, and for forming solid thumb or hand bearingsfor the engraver, that this invention isintended; and it'is the furtherpurpose of the invention to provide special p1ns or pegs for connectingthe'jaws to the caps, so that the jaws may be turned or swung on one orthe other of the pegs as a pivot, and be slid on the peg heads atvarious angles to each otherfor changing the size and shape of theholder to suit various spoons or other articles.

' The clamping jaws 5 being of the same construction, only one of themwill be hereinafter described in detail; it comprises a semi-circularbase 6 having a beveled outer edge and adapted to rest upon the block 1,a segmental face 7, perpendicular to the base, a right lined face 8, theends of which extend from the bottom of the base 6 to the top of theface 7, and the central portion of which is but half the depth of itsends, the base 6 has a slot or slide-way 9, inclined throughout the lenth of the base; between the top edge of the face 8 and the top of theface 7 and over or above the slot 9, isformed a luneshaped concavity 10,which extends lengthwise the jaw, and terminates in points adjacent theends of the jaw-face 8, so as to form a lune-shaped seat or rest; and abead or lip 11 projects from the top edge of the face 7, slightly overthe said seat and forms a stop against which the edge of a spoon-bowl orother article may be forced during its clamping. The slot 9 being on theunder side of the jaw, the top of the jaw forms an unobstructed surfaceor solid bearing for the thumb of an engraver while working a graver.

The means for holding orsupporting the jaws on the block 1, consists ofa series of pegs or pins 12, to fit the block-apertures, and each peg orpin is provided with a rectangular head 13 inclined at an angle to thepin to fit the slot of the jaws.

In assembling the parts for holding a spoon, the pegs are placed in theblock-head or cap in approximate position according to the size of thebowl of the spoon to be held by the jaws, the latter are slid upon thepins, the said bowl is set upon the concavities with its edge under thejaw-lips and the block portions are operated in the usual manner toforce the jaws tightly upon the spoon bowl.

It will be observed that the jaws jointly form a cup or bowl likereceptacle for the spoon-bowl, that both jaws or either of them may beswung and slid on the pins to vary the size of such cup as desired or asoccasion may demand, and that the interval or space between one end ofthe jaws may be varied without making any space or interval at the otherend of the jaws.

It is obvious that the lips under which the edge of the spoon-bowl isheld prevent the spoon from displacement under pressure of the jawsduring their clamping operation, and that said lip and the beveledbase-plate afford convenient rests for the thumb or hand of the engraverand for the graver tool.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A work-holder attachment for engravers blocks, comprising a pair ofjaws each heads fitting said slots to permit adjustment g of the jaws atvarious angles to each other.

2. A work-holding attachment [or engravers blocks, con'iprising a pairof jaws each having a lune-shaped concavity lengtlnvise the top thereofand adapted to be operated jointly to form spoon seats 01 various sizeand shape, an inclined slot through the base length of each jaw, and aseries of pins turnable in the block for swinging the jaws and havinginclined heads upon which the jaws are slid.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRED CROCKER. Witnesses B. L. PETERS, W. M. NORTHRUP.

